Cypraea vitellus

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: T.T. Dranga
Date: August 21, 1924
Locality: Central Pacific; Line Islands; Palmyra Island
Island: Palmyra Atoll
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 5.8815, -162.0777 ± 4,199 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

232 Bishop specimens of Cypraea vitellus · collected 1896–2017Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 21, 1924, T.T. Dranga also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Cypraea vitellus. BPBM 66698. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36294274. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/66698.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36294274 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026